Best two reviews:
1) Chicago Sun-Times - This is one of the most intelligent and compelling movie musicals in a long time - and the most grown up. (Rating: 88) Read Full Review >
2) Chicago Tribune - A classic play has been reduced a decent movie. It's a shame it couldn't be as good as the play; it's a small pleasure that it's as entertaining as it is. [20 Dec 1985] (Rating: 75) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
11) The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - On film, Bennett's bouncing brainchild is Richard Attenborough's Workout Tape, love story attached; the specificity is gone. The 16 auditioning dancers could be any people or all people. [11 Dec 1985] (Rating: 25) Read Full Review >
12) Wall Street Journal - When director Richard Attenborough isn't mangling dance numbers, he's focusing on a love story expressed almost entirely by means of close-ups of moony faces and teary eyes. [12 Dec 1985] (Rating: 10) Read Full Review >